The Heavenly Dao Cup tournament was even more popular than Lu Ze had expected.
"Immortal-Demon Supremacy" had, for a time, become a favorite topic of conversation and pastime among cultivators after meals.
For example, Elder Li Jiujian of the Limitless Sword Sect had played Master Yi for a thousand matches and seemed to have attained enlightenment, creating a new breathing Spell of his own.
For example, Grand Elder Chao Wendao of the Spirit Cloud Sect had led a team of Elders on a western expedition. The highly anticipated "Never Bully the Poor Elderly" team had been beaten into feeding oblivion by an unknown Rogue Cultivator team in the very first round of qualifiers.
For example, that "Slay Immortals and Attain the Dao" team was terrifyingly strong. The Heroic Soul pools of all five members were unfathomably deep...
Within the Forum, aside from posts predicting the champions and analyzing each team's strength, one particular topic drew exceptional attention.
That was—
Where had some Rogue Cultivators with decent Ranked Mode standings gone?
Every so often, someone claiming to be a certain Rogue Cultivator's friend would say that person had mentioned entering the tournament, only to vanish without a trace afterward.
Counting them up, there were actually more than thirty people.
Moreover, these people shared something in common.
Their cultivation was no higher than Foundation Establishment, and quite a few were merely Qi Refinement cultivators.
Ordinarily, such common low-level cultivators would mostly never attract anyone's notice.
However, with the topic remaining at the top of the Illusion Realm Forum rankings, the Five Great Sects began investigating in secret...
Meanwhile.
The tournament continued.
The sixteen teams began fiercely competing for the Final Battle slots.
As for the format, Lu Ze had directly copied over the mature competition format from his previous life.